
SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON QUARTERLY
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Notes
THE GOSPEL OF THE TYPICAL SERVICE
1. "Important truths concerning the atonement are taught by the typical
service. A substitute was accepted in the sinner's stead ; but the sin was
not canceled by the blood of the victim. A means was thus provided by
which it was transferred to the sanctuary. By the offering of blood, the
sinner acknowledged• the authority of the law, confessed his guilt in trans-
gression, and expressed his desire for pardon through faith in a Redeemer
to come; but he was not yet entirely released from the condemnation of the
law. On the day of atonement the high priest, having taken an offering
from the congregation, went into the most holy place with the blood of this
offering, and sprinkled it upon the mercy seat, directly over the law, to
make satisfaction ,for its claims. Then, in his character of mediator, he
took the sins upon himself and bore them from the sanctuary. Placing his
hands upon the head of the scapegoat, he confessed over him all these sins,
thus in figure transferring them from himself to the goat. The goat then
bore them away and they were regarded as forever separated from the
people. Such was the service performed 'unto the example and shadow of
heavenly things.' And what was done in type in the ministration of the
earthly sanctuary, is done in reality in the ministration of the heavenly
sanctuary."—"The
Great Controversy," page 420.
THE ATONEMENT NOT COMPLETED
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2. "One of the most complete types of the history 'of redemption is to be
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found in the ceremonies of the day of atonement. It was an essential part
of the work of the high priest on that day that he should come forth from
within the veil, and laying aside his linen garments, reappear to bless the
waiting congregation. Our great High Priest is now within the veil. He
. has offered the atoning sacrifice on the altar of Calvary, and with the merit
.of that sacrifice He has gone in to appear in the presence of God for ,us.
But the great day of atonement is not yet closed. When His work within
the veil is ended, He shall come forth, arrayed again in His garments of
glory and beauty, for the final blessing of His waiting people. 'Having
been once offered to bear the sins of many, He shall appear a second time,
apart from sin, to them that wait for Him, unto salvation.'
"—"The Funda-
mentals," volume 6, page 122.
INTERPRETATION OF THE 2300 DAYS
3.
"The 2300 days had been found to begin when the commandment of
Artaxerxes for the restoration and building of Jerusalem, went into effect,
in the autumn of B. c. 457. Taking this as the starting point, there was
perfect harmony in the application of all the events foretold in the expla-
nation of that period in Dan. 9: 25-27. Sixty-nine weeks, the first 483 of
the 2300 years, were to reach to the Messiah, the Anointed One; and Christ's
baptism and anointing by the Holy Spirit, A. D. 27, exactly fulfilled the
specification. In the midst of the seventieth week, Messiah was to be cut
off. Three and a half years after His baptism, Christ was crucified, in the
spring of A. D. 31. The seventy weeks, or 490 years, were to pertain espe-
cially to the Jews. At the expiration of this period, the nation sealed its
rejection of Christ by the persecution of His disciples, and the apostles
turned to the gentiles, A. D. 34. The first 490 years of the 2300 having then
ended, 1810 years would remain.• From A. D. 34, 1810 years extend to 1844.
'Then,' said the angel, 'shall the sanctuary be cleansed.' All the preceding
specifications of the prophecy had been unquestionably fulfilled at the' time
appointed."—"The
Great Controversy," page 410.
THE SANCTUARY OF DANIEL 8 :14
4.
"The term 'sanctuary,' as used in the Bible, refers, first, to the taber-
nacle built by Moses, as a pattern of heavenly things ; and, secondly, to the
'true tabernacle' in heaven, to which the earthly sanctuary pointed. At the
death of Christ the typical service ended. The 'true tabernacle' in heaven